Last week, from July 6 to 8, the Western India Football Association (WIFA) organized the AIFF (All India Football Federation) Grassroots Leaders Course at the Cooperage Stadium in Mumbai under the FIFA Live Your Goals Project. The event was instructed by Dinesh Nair and Dennis George, whereas, AIFF Grassroots Instructor …
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A total of 48 students graduated as Football Managers having passed out with flying colours from the inaugural batch of India’s first-ever Diploma in Football Management course, conducted by WIFA and Skillanation, which is recognised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The Gold Medallists of the Program are Naivedya …
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The Official Draw for the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 brought six interesting groups for the first-ever FIFA tournament on the Indian subcontinent. Former FIFA U-17 World Cup champion Nwankwo Kanu, Argentinian legend Esteban Cambiasso, Indian national team captain Sunil Chhetri and Indian badminton star PV Sindhu conducted the …
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The AIFF Match Commissioner Seminar 2017 kicked off with 23 candidates in Mumbai today, July 6, 2017. Eventually, 50 candidates were selected from over 70 applications. The candidates are selected from various states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Goa, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Pondicherry, Kerala. The three-day seminar is aimed to prepare …
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The Battle for the Net 2017 was a 7-A-Side football tournament organised by Mumbai-based PIFA as a grassroot initiative held for digital media companies at Turf Park in Mahalaxmi, Mumbai. Nine teams participated – Togglehead, 22Feet Tribal WW, The Glitch, Social Kinnect, Affinity Global, Schbang, Pinstorm, Foxymoron and Liqvd Asia …
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FIFA and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) today announced the participation of FIFA Legends Esteban Cambiasso and Nwankwo Kanu along with Indian sporting icons Sunil Chhetri and P.V. Sindhu at the Official Draw for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. Kanu and Cambiasso are no strangers to the …
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Renowned Dutch football coach Raymond Verheijen will be holding a three day workshop on Football Periodization in Mumbai from September 22-24. The course is being organised by Ultra Sports India and registration for the course will start from Saturday, July 1 and will be on a first come, first serve. …
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The Western India Football Association (Maharashtra) are set to organise the WIFA Women’s Championship as part of the FIFA-AIFF State Development Project with two clubs each from Mumbai, Pune, Kolhapur and Nagpur taking part. The tournament will be played at Mumbai’s Cooperage Stadium from June 23 onwards with the final …
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The Western India Football Association (Maharashtra) is all set to organise a FIFA Live Your Goals – Grassroots Leaders Course for Women at the Cooperage Stadium from July 6 to 8, 2017. The main motive to organize the event is to teach modern football training methods to grassroots coaches. All …
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Mumbai-based PIFA are set to hold trials for their PIFA Elite Under-13, U-15 and U-18 to participate in the U-13 Youth League, U-15 Youth League, and the U-18 I-League. Only players living in or around Mumbai are allowed to attend the trials, which are not nationwide. The cut off dates for …
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